My wildlife contribution

Here is my own contribution to wildlife gardening, The pond is approx, three metres long, one and a half metres wide and about one metre deep in the middle. I set it up about three years ago and its home to masses of frogs, diving beetles and other aquatic insects. And so that I can enjoy it all in a spare moment, this is my seat that is made up from ends that were being thrown out by a neighbour. I made it up with African sapele wood for its colour (reddish).

 

Excellent. It looks ace.

 

looks lovely and peaceful

 

Hi Strawman, that looks lovely, a real place to sit and relax [if you find the time!]

 

Thanks everyone for your comments. This occupies about a quarter of my garden area and is lovely to sit in. However, when I was there at the weekend, and for the first time ever, I was welcomed by a silent bird perched in one of the trees. It dropped one on me.:dh:

 

:lollol::lollol::lollol: Some say its lucky Strawman. :gnthb: What a lovely looking pond, so natural. 02

 

Actually, I was more amazed than anything, being rather surprised that it hadn't happened long before now.:hehe:

Well, here are two more photos showing some of my waterside plants.

1. Here, the alchemilla and Aquilegia always do well. The frogs like to hide under these, as well as the pile of logs that are hidden behind them.

2. The creeping jenny thrives in and out of the pond, and the pieris does just as well in the damp soil.

 

That is my sort of garden area:gnthb:
robert

 

hope u put the lottery on lol

 

It has taken me about five years to develop this area of the garden. As with any project, some things worked, while others were a shambles. You may be surprised to learn that the whole area covered by the pond and its surroundings is only about eight metres by nine. I have to say that I have created an illusion, one that works very nicely. I chose a mixture of evergreens and perennials, along with a scattering of ferns, carex and grasses. There are two iris in the water, but they havenâ??t flowered yet. Despite all of the work Iâ??ve put into it, Iâ??m forever working on new ideas to improve things. I guess that this is what makes gardening so exciting.

 

Yeah I think thats the good thing about gardening cause u never seem to finish lol

 

I think that it would be a little boring if once you planted the garden, there was nothing else to do. Once in a while, I find something exciting has come up in the least expected place, so I must be on the right track. I love those subtle changes that each year brings with it. Perhaps it's just as well that gardens are never completely finished, or I'd have to find something else to do in my spare time.:lollol:

 

Looks absolutely lovely! Such a relaxing place, I think I'd spend lots of time on that bench

 

Thank you, NatalieB.:thmb: I'm going to have to wait a while longer before I can sit for more than half an hour on the seat. I guess that it's a sign that I'm forever busy digging, planting, moving, clipping, trimming and a host of other tasks to keep up with the speed at which everything seems to grow.:hehe: I'm not complaining, I enjoy it.

 

Sitting on the seat, Yes Kathy, but drinking red wine, or any wine for that matter, is a no-no for me. I've had to put up with rheumatoid arthritish since the mid 1990s, so I'm taking the medication daily. Mind you, I don't need any encouragement to sit down.:lollol: